Chapter 96 How is it cool?

After lying in Mount Sinai Hospital for a night, Wang Yang felt that he was all back. Of course, the annoying cold seemed to have just begun. But this did not affect his actions. Put on a mask, and under the leadership of Rachel, Wang Yang came to the "best place" she said. When he visited half of the town and the little high school, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "It's this, where "Juno" was born!"

This town is indeed very good, with a rural architectural style, but it does not appear sparse, and the width of the street is also very suitable for filming by the crew; and that high school is also quite ideal. Although it is very small, its environment and playground environment are very quiet, which is exactly the scene temperament required by "Juno".

Rachel's attitude towards him was very natural, no longer the kind of cold and hot, just like back before that Thanksgiving call; Wang Yang did not deliberately do anything, or say something, and still took the position of "good friend" for her, just like Michael Pete, Zachary, Anne, and Natalie. He said what he should say and laughed when he should. This is what he always wanted to be a good friend.

As for the phone call she was so enthusiastic about talking about various topics a long time ago, Wang Yang would not call again. He understood this. The girl he should be looking for now was called "Jessica". As for Rachel, he didn't think that his charm could make this girl unable to find the feeling of falling in love. He kept making "spare tires", and time would make them real good friends.

A day later, Rachel went to Los Angeles early to participate in the promotion of "Singing and Dance 2"; Wang Yang also welcomed members of the "Juno" crew in Toronto, including crew members, as well as major actors such as Natalie Portman and Michael Pitt.

In terms of the film crew, the personnel in the photography, lighting, recording and other departments are all in the team of "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door"; while Wang Yang chose some old partners of "Singing and Dance Youth" for positions such as art director, art design, set makeup, etc. He was naturally Vale Fist. After two movies, he went from a photographer who had no film appointments to becoming quite famous in Hollywood today. To a certain extent, he was very grateful to Wang Yang. In addition to the happy cooperation and tacit understanding between the two, he declined the photography invitations for several movies and waited for "Juno" to start.

Wang Yang and Vale Fist have long discussed what styles and colors to use to shoot "Juno". "Juno" tells a serious story, a girl gets pregnant, goes through changes, and makes life choices... But the method of expressing it cannot be serious, and it cannot even be serious, otherwise it will be "Sweetheart" or other similar failed themes. For example, if "Juno" is a book, even if it is written in "Bible", the cover must be a hippie's skull.

The original version of "Juno" has many small themes, but one of the core is "praise women", praising women's strength and tolerance, and there are also "bastards" of men. Women mature earlier than men. Juno and Poly, adoptive parents Vanessa and Mark, they know how to love and give love, leading men to grow and move forward. This is also what Juno learned in the pregnancy incident, so she finally forgave Poly and took the initiative to give her love... In any case, what Wang Yang wanted to shoot was another theme, and he didn't think that men are so bastards. Men can also know how to love and learn to give.

Why did "Juno" succeed? What is its successful experience? The most important thing is not the story, not its core theme. In a sense, its core is no different from "Sweetheart Yiren". "Sweetheart" Novalli is as strong and tolerant as she was abandoned by her bastard boyfriend and cheated of money by her bastard mother, but she has always known how to love and give, and finally gain her own beauty. Why is "Sweetheart Yiren" acclaimed but not popular? Because it is serious and it is not cool.

In fact, when an ordinary audience enters the cinema, he does not watch it with the intention of "receiving baptism" or "what I want to learn", he just wants to watch a wonderful movie. Of course, it is best to get some insights after watching it.

What is the wonderful thing? Stories, characters, pictures, soundtracks... are a whole movie. If you want the inner wonderful things to be discovered and appreciated, then you must first do these exposed wonderful things well. Most ordinary audiences will not examine the inner ones. They will only say "very insightful". In fact, those insights are only familiar to everyone and can say a lot of things casually, such as "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door", insisting on dreams and pursuing happiness in the original "Juno". The women in the original "Juno" are strong and tolerant.

What a movie needs to do is how to interpret and package this simple sentence, so that the audience can "have a lot of insights" after watching it. This is the charm of the movie, and it is also the role and ability of the director. Don't tell what ideas and ideas you want to say, everything must be done quietly, through stories and characters; make good music, editing, etc. Only then can you become a classic movie.

The story of "Juno" is not complicated or legendary. What would happen if Novalli was put into the story flow of "Juno" and told in her gentle way? It's uninteresting. What's interesting is that the character "Juno" is unique, unique, sharp-tongued, and full of alternative charm. When she comes to life on the screen, the audience will be able to watch whatever scene she is in.

So there are two most important aspects of this movie about a girl being pregnant. First, do not be serious and cool when you say anything. Second, shape and act Juno well. After watching Natalie Portman's latest performance, Wang Yang is no longer worried. The first point is not the responsibility of the actor, and he must serve this in all aspects of the film production, just like the funny trendy lines in the script, as well as the style and tone of the film.

The result of Wang Yang and Varé Fist's discussion was still "sunshine". The tone of the picture in "Juno" should be like a winter sunshine, with soft and textured light, which will reduce the seriousness of the story and make people feel warm. In terms of the selection of the camera, with the experience of "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door", it was initially confirmed that close-ups and close-ups would be used more, which is naturally to highlight Natalie's acting skills. At the same time, this is the style of this movie, small and warm.

"No, it's not that feeling." Looking at Natalie in front of her, Wang Yang shook her head and said to the makeup artist Ellie Harper: "I need her to look special, she is just..." He looked at Natalie with long hair in the mirror and said: "She is just Natalie, without the taste of a character. Let's try a ponytail on her forehead, and try a ponytail at the back?" Ellie Harper said OK, and then started to fiddle on Natalie's head.

In the spacious dressing room, the role-setting is being done at this time. Since "Juno" is a realistic theme and the era is the present, this work is relatively simple. You don't need to design any clothes and props to customize, and you can only solve it a few days before the filming. These days are also used to make the actors familiar with the running-in, contact the shooting permits of the venue, the extras and other work, and the current makeup setting.

The styles of Michael Pete, Anne Hathaway and others were easily settled, but Natalie encountered a problem. She even changed several hairstyles and Wang Yang was not satisfied with the character's style. The style of the character is very important, which will affect the effect of the camera and the acting skills. A suitable good style can sublimate the acting skills, on the contrary, it is messing up. If Juno wants to be cool, then he needs a "cool" look.

Soon, Natalie's hairstyle became Alan Paige-style, of course her ponytail was big. Wang Yang asked her to stand up and try the front, waiting for the camera angle on the side, and shook her head again, "No, it still makes your face look a little big." Natalie frowned and said, "Is my face big?" Wang Yang looked at her and said, "A little bit, and her forehead." Natalie glanced at him and shrugged, "Unless the one I want to shoot now is "Killer Lyon", it will be that big."

Ellie Harper smiled and didn't participate, asking, "Director, what should I do now? Let's try short hair?" Natalie's eyes suddenly lit up and she said in surprise: "Man, I have a good idea!" Wang Yang asked, "What?" She said seriously, "I shave my hair and put on a mask like yours. How about it, cool?" After that, she burst into laughter.

"Wow, it's so cool, it sounds really good!" Wang Yang pulled his own mask and said, "But you won't have this mask, this is a limited edition. Ellie, shaved her hair!" Ellie smiled and said, OK, picked up the scissors on the dressing table, Natalie grabbed her ponytail and sent it to her. Wang Yang laughed and said, "Okay, I think it's too cool again, so I'll leave it for you to use it in the future for horror movies." He looked at Ellie Harper and said, "Eli, find a way to make her forehead and face look smaller. Maybe some scattered bangs, and there are still hanging hair on both sides..."

After a while, Natalie's hairstyle changed. Wang Yang held her chin and looked at her carefully. The bangs covered her forehead well, but her long hair still made her too feminine and beautiful. He said again: "Cut the hair behind it shortens and cut it to the middle hair first." Ellie Harper asked: "Do you think it through? After cutting it, you have to use a wig." Wang Yang nodded and said: "Yes, I'm sure."
Chapter completed!